165/65 R15 - Best winter tyres 2025 - market overview, tests, reviews
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Best winter tyres in tests (2025)
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Continental has been dominating the winter tyre segment for years, and the TS870 is no different. It is very well-balanced and offers great mileage, making the premium price point worthwhile in the long run.
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Continental WinterContact TS 870 ( 165/65 R15 81T EVc )
- In stock
£104
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Continental WinterContact TS 870 ( 165/65 R15 81T EVc ) | In stock | Free shipping | £104 |
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mytyres.co.uk
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WinterContact TS 870
- In stock
£105
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WinterContact TS 870 | In stock | Free shipping | £105 |
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tyres.pneus.online.uk
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The WinterCraft WP52 is an affordable winter tire with good safety qualities on snow and dry surfaces, but it has low aquaplaning resistance and tends to understeer in wet conditions.
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We really like the new Speed-Grip 5 - it's not expensive, it's very good on snow and on top of that, it's got very low rolling resistance. What it lacks compared to the premium tyres is better wet performance, but given it's price it's definitely recommendable.
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A great winter tyre with balanced handling characteristics. Great in the wet, but slightly less durable than newer models.
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While being somehow dated as it was introduced back in 2015, it received some midlife updates and still holds up with the current models, at least in smaller dimensions. At the right price, it could be a great choice.
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There aren’t many things to dislike about the Winter i*cept RS3, except perhaps for slightly lower mileage and higher rolling resistance. For its price, it performs well in all weather conditions.
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Very good traction on snow for a nice price in a wide range of dimensions. Could use shorter braking distance on dry and better traction on the wet.
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The WinterCraft WP52 is an affordable winter tire with good safety qualities on snow and dry surfaces, but it has low aquaplaning resistance and tends to understeer in wet conditions.
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The Winterhawk 4 is a tyre with mixed ratings as there are tests where the tyre was not recommended. Common criticisms include longer braking distances and significant understeer
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G-Force Winter 2 is our favorite budget winter tyre. It's great on snow and offers good safety on all surfaces, which is no surprise as BFGoodrich is a part of the Michelin group.
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Old but gold, that is how we can pretty much describe the Krisalp HP3. It's a winter tyre that is great on snow for a good price, which is what the average driver is looking for. It's not a premium tyre, but you get a lot of bang for your buck.
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The Winterhawk 4 is a tyre with mixed ratings as there are tests where the tyre was not recommended. Common criticisms include longer braking distances and significant understeer
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The EuroWinter HS02 is one of the few affordable winter tires with good mileage and low rolling resistance. It offers strong driving characteristics, with only slight weaknesses on snow.
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The czech low-cost tire has high projected mileage and is good on snow, but lacks a bit of wet and dry performance. Pricewise, it can match the low-cost chinese tyres and in comparison, it's definitely a better option.
Cars with 165/65 R15 tyres
165/65 R15 tyre test Personalize
Best tyres in your size
Dry
1.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
92%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
81%
3.
Vredestein Wintrac
77%
4.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
77%
5.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52
74%
6.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
65%
7.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
61%
8.
Barum Polaris 5
57%
9.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
52%
10.
Kleber KRISALP HP3
51%
Wet
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
88%
2.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
87%
3.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
72%
4.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
70%
5.
Vredestein Wintrac
66%
6.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
63%
7.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
61%
8.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
60%
9.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
55%
10.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
52%
Snow
1.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
90%
2.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
84%
3.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
82%
4.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
79%
5.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
67%
6.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
66%
7.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
64%
8.
Barum Polaris 5
61%
9.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
58%
10.
Vredestein Wintrac
52%
Comfort
1.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
84%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
82%
3.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
78%
4.
Vredestein Wintrac
70%
5.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
69%
6.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
61%
7.
Barum Polaris 5
55%
8.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
52%
9.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
52%
10.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
48%
Economy
1.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
91%
2.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
91%
3.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
88%
4.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
85%
5.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
79%
6.
Barum Polaris 5
77%
7.
Vredestein Wintrac
77%
8.
Firestone Winterhawk 4
63%
9.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
58%
10.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
57%
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Did you know ...?
165/65 R15 doesn't belong to the most popular dimensions for winter tyres - there are 24 tyre models available, which can be compared to 155/80 R13, 160/60 R17, 175/65 R14. Let's break down the sizing - 65 is height of the tyre, which is calculated as 65% of the tyre width (165mm), which means the sidewall height has 107.25 mm. The wheel diameter is R15, which means it fits to a 15 inch/381mm diameter wheel. The total circumference of the tyre is 1870.82 mm, which is very similar to 195/55 R15(1870.82 mm), 205/40 R17(1871.76 mm), 185/65 R14(1872.7 mm), 165/80 R13(1866.73 mm), 185/50 R16(1857.94 mm), 215/45 R16(1884.64 mm), 175/60 R15(1856.68 mm). There are multiple speed indexes available for winter tyres in 165/65 R15: T(190km/h). The same goes for weight indexes: 81. You can find 165/65 R15 on 7 car models - mainly Renault, smart, Peugeot, Volkswagen.
